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Chocolate swirl Easter cake

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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 10 -12
Author: adapted from [url href="http://figjamandlimecordial.com/2012/04/10/food-processor-pound-cakes/" target="_blank" title="Fig Jam and Lime Cordial"]Fig Jam and Lime Cordial[/url]

Ingredients

Cake

  • 250 g butter chopped
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 50 g brown sugar
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 250 g Self-Raising flour
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Icing

  • 2 tablespoon butter softened
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • Extra icing sugar for the outside of the cake
  • Easter eggs to decorate

Instructions

Cake

  • Pre-heat the oven to 160C fan-forced and grease and line a 24cm spring-form tin.
  • Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth.
  • Scrape down the sides then add the eggs, with the motor running, one at a time.
  • Add the vanilla and pulse it through then scrape down the sides again.
  • Add the flour and process for 1 minute.
  • Scrape down the sides then process for another 30 seconds.
  • Remove half the batter from the food processor.
  • Add the cocoa to the food processor and process for another 30 seconds then scrape dow the sides and repeat.
  • Starting with a blob of icing in the middle of the cake tin, spoon one blob of white cake batter and then top with a blob of chocolate batter (blob is about a tablespoon).
  • Keep alternating until you have used all the batter.
  • Bake the cake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Leave the cake to rest in the tin for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Icing

  • Beat the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  • Slowly add the icing sugar and cocoa and mix then in.
  • Add water a little at a time to get the icing to a spreadable consistency and beat until fluffy.
  • Pour some icing sugar onto a plate and roll the outside of the cake in it to coat.
  • Spread the icing on the top of the cake and top with Easter eggs.
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